Architecture

Dallas AIA Student Designs Show Inspiration of Future Architects of Distinction

By Jon Anderson / June 12, 2019 /

The Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects awarded student designs at their recent event that also showcased unbuilt projects. All three student winners are from the UT Austin School of Architecture. The image above is from Krishnan Mistry and Alison Walvoord and titled “A Home is Not a House.” Instead of being a…

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Dallas AIA Unbuilt Design Awards Need More Dallas

By Jon Anderson / June 11, 2019 /

Back in May, the day I.M. Pei died, the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) held their annual awards for unbuilt projects along with a separate student design award. As I walked around the entries with our founder and publisher, Candy Evans, I began to notice that the buildings I liked most…

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Sacred Spaces: What Do You Do With an Empty Church?

By Bethany Erickson / May 19, 2019 /
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It all started in a Facebook group: Someone asked about the status of the now-dormant Oak Cliff United Methodist Church in a group devoted to Dallas history. “Anybody know what’s going on with this place?” the group member asked. “I’ve been driving by it daily on the way to my school and just watching it…

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Cocktails And Clean Lines: The 365 Modern Living Tour is Here

By Nikki Barringer / May 16, 2019 /

If you’ve been looking for an event where you can hold a cocktail in one hand, mini quiche in another, and listen to some of the best modern designers in Dallas talk about some of the best modern homes — first of all, that’s oddly specific and second of all, The Dallas Architecture Forum’s got…

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Why Can’t Dallas Have Nice Things: Pritzker Prize Winner Arata Isozaki

By Jon Anderson / April 30, 2019 /

Begun in 1979 by the Hyatt Hotels’ founding Pritzker family, the Pritzker Prize in architecture is considered to be the Nobel Prize for architects – in fact, if you Google “Nobel Prize architecture,” the Pritzker Prize is the first result.  The prize is awarded annually for a body of work versus a single building. The…

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